Executive Decision
When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
- Director:Stuart Baird
- Genre:Action / Adventure / Thriller
- Runtime:133 minutes
Cast
Kurt Russell : Dr. David Grant
Steven Seagal : Lt. Colonel Austin Travis
Halle Berry : Jean, Flight Attendant
John Leguizamo : Captain Rat
Oliver Platt : Dennis Cahill
Lieutenant Colonel Austin Travis (Steven Seagal) leads an unsuccessful raid on a Chechen mafia safehouse by a United States Army special forces team to recover a stolen Soviet nerve agent, DZ-5.
Dr. David Grant (Kurt Russell), a consultant for U.S. Army Intelligence, is informed that the world’s most feared terrorist, El Sayed Jaffa (Andreas Katsulas), has been taken into custody.
Shortly after, Oceanic Airlines Flight 343, a Boeing 747-200, leaves Athens bound for Washington Dulles. It is hijacked by Jaffa’s number two man, Nagi Hassan (David Suchet), and a number of Jaffa’s men.
Grant is summoned to the Pentagon to join a team led by Travis which is being readied to intercept the hijacked plane. They listen to Nagi Hassan’s demand for the release of Jaffa. Dr. Grant, however, does not believe Hassan wants Jaffa released. He believes that Hassan actually arranged for Jaffa’s capture, that the hijacked plane is carrying a bomb loaded with DZ-5, and that Hassan wants to detonate the bomb over U.S. airspace.
A plan is worked out that will involve a mid-air transfer of a commando team onto the hijacked airliner using an experimental “Remora” aircraft. The plan is approved, and Colonel Travis assembles his commando team at Andrews Air Force Base. They board with Dr. Grant and engineer Dennis Cahill (Oliver Platt).
The boarding is only partially successful. When Sergeant “Cappy” Matheny (Joe Morton) is seriously injured, Grant, who was supposed to stay put, boards to help lift him into the plane. The 747 pulls up, though, putting too much stress on the boarding sleeve. Unable to board the plane, Colonel Travis sacrifices himself when he closes the 747′s hatch, just as the sleeve breaks and he is thrown from the F-117. The remainder of the commando team make it to the 747′s lower deck, but with half their equipment, so military command on the ground does not know whether or not the commandos made it on board.
With limited options, the commandos begin to search for the supposed DZ-5 bomb. Grant manages to make contact with a stewardess, Jean (Halle Berry), despite Hassan’s suspicions, and asks her for assistance in finding the bomb’s remote detonator.
Officials decide to release Jaffa in order to resolve the situation. Meanwhile, Cappy and Cahill locate and start to dismantle the bomb. They discover that bomb’s arming device is barometrically activated. They seemingly disarm the bomb, but it is revealed that there is another trigger. Read more
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